Wire-fence-stretcher support.



C. MUNI. v wmE FENCE STRETCHER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED .IUNE 7| 1917- Patented Feb. 12,1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

,Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

Application filed June 7, 1917. Serial No. 173,342.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I.l CHARLES MUNDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Square Butte, in the county of Chouteau and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IVire Fence-Stretcher Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wire fence construction and more particularly to wire fence stretcher supporting means.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device of the above-stated character which can be quickly and readily attached to a fence post so as to project in advance of the post and forwardly in the direction in which the fence is being stretched, whereby suitable fence stretching means may be attached to the supporting means and actuated to stretch the wire fence past the post so as to enable the wires of the fence to be securely attached to the post while in a taut position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel construction of stretcher supporting means which is of comparatively cheap and inexpensive construction and which can be quickly and readily attached and detached from a fence post to effectively and reliably support suitable fence stretching means in an operative position.

IVith these and other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure l is a perspective view of my stretcher supporting means attached to a fence post, and

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same.

Similar charactersl of reference are used to denote corresponding parts throughout the drawings and description.

Referring particularly to the drawings, l and 2 denote a pair of bars, which are connected together at one end by a cross bar 3 pivotally connected to these bars, as indicated by the numeral 4. This cross bal' projects laterally from the bar 1 a suitable distance, as at 5,7 and serves to provide means to which suitable fence stretcher means 6 may be connected.

The opposite end of cach bar 1 and 2 is provided with a right angular projecting spur 7. A pair ,of arcuate members 8 each has one end the bars 1 and 2, while the opposite ends are pivotally connected by a pair of links 10.

A flexible element, such as a chain 11, has one end pivotally attached as at 12 to one end of the bar 1 and is adapted to be positioned around the post for engagement with a cam actuating lever 13. This lever 13 is pivotally mounted, as indicated at 14, upon the bar Q, and is provided at one end with a cam hook 15 adapted to engage the links of the flexible element 11.

In attaching the support in position to a fence post, the bars 1 and 2 are positioned on opposite sides of the post, the hook 15 of the cam lever engaged with one of the links of the flexible element and the cam lever then actuated laterally so as to force the spurs 7 into the post and draw the arcuate members 8 up into engagement with the circumference of the post, the cam lever being actuated laterally far enough so that it can be positioned behind the head 1G of the pivot 4, whereby it will be held in actuated position to securely and reliably hold and maintain the supporting device in position on the fence post.

In practice, the supporting means just described is securely attached to a fence post so as to project in advance of the post and forwardly in the direction in which the fence is being stretched. After having been so positioned, suitable fence stretching means is attached to the forward end or the cross bar 3 of the device and is in turn connected to the wire fence through the medium of a clamping bar 17. The stretching means being now supported in an operative position, it may be actuated to stretch the fence past the post to which the supporting means is attached,=so that the wires of the fence can be securely attached 'to the post while in a taut position.

I claim 1. Means for stretching a wire fence beyond a post comprising a pair of bars extending from the post in the direction in which the fence is to be stretched, means for securing the inner ends of the bars t0 the post, a transverse bar pivotally connected to the outer ends of the bars', and projcctpivotally connected as at 9 to` ing beyond one of them, means attached to the projecting end of the transverse bar for stretching the fence past the post, and means for operating the bar securing means.

2. In a Wire fence construction, the combination with a fence post, of a stretcher support comprising a pair of bars, a cross bar connecting said bars at one end, a right angular projecting spur carried by the opposite end of each bar, a pair of arcuate members, each having,r one end pivotally connected to one of Said bars adjacent its respective spur, a flexible element having one end attached to one of said bars, a cam lever pivotally attached to the other of said bars,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for've cents each, by addressing the said cam lever adapted to engage the free Vend of said flexible element whereby when Y CHARLES MUNDT.`

TVtness HARRY K. COHEN.

Commissioner di ateats,

Washington, D. C. 

